What is Motion Planning and how common is it in AI job postings?

Motion Planning is a skill in the "Robotics & Embodied" category. It currently appears in 164 active AI roles across 30 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Motion Planning?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Motion Planning are: Anduril (60), Amazon (33), NVIDIA (10), Skydio (8), Wayve (6).

Is demand for Motion Planning growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 75 new AI postings mentioned Motion Planning. Demand is rising — up 122% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Motion Planning used?

Roles requiring Motion Planning are concentrated in: agents (63%), application (24%), post-training (4%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Motion Planning?

Job postings that mention Motion Planning most often also require: Robotics, Machine Learning, C++, Python, Software Engineering.

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Motion Planning

164 active AI roles across 30 companies mention Motion Planning. Category: Robotics & Embodied.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Motion Planning per week — 75 total over 12 weeks.

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All Defense · 78 Big Tech · 38 Robotics · 19 Semiconductors · 11 AI Frontier · 5 Enterprise · 3 Data AI · 3 Industrial · 2 Consumer · 2 Retail · 1 Hospitality · 1 Healthcare · 1

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All Engineering · 141 Research · 17 Product · 6

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15 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineer, App SW	Robotics	9	L6
Wayve	Tech Lead, ML Engineer - AV Product engineering	Robotics	9	L6
Figure AI	Helix AI Engineer, Video Pretraining	Robotics	9	L1
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineer, App SW	Robotics	9	L6
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineer	Robotics	9	L6
Nuro	Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Planning	Robotics	8	L4
Waabi	Research Engineer, Learnable Planner (Integration)	Robotics	8	L4
Apptronik	Sr. Software Engineer – Real-Time Controls	Robotics	7	L6
Agility Robotics	Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Robot Behaviors	Robotics	7	L4
Wayve	Tech Lead / Manager - Trajectory Generation and Controls	Robotics	7	L6
Wayve	Control Engineer	Robotics	7	L4
Agility Robotics	Senior Software Engineer, Navigation	Robotics	7	L4
Aurora Innovation	Behavior Planning Software Engineer	Robotics	7	L4
Nuro	Senior Software Engineer, Onboard Autonomy	Robotics	7	L4
Nuro	Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Verification	Robotics	7	L5

Frequently asked questions

What is Motion Planning and how common is it in AI job postings?
Motion Planning is a skill in the "Robotics & Embodied" category. It currently appears in 164 active AI roles across 30 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Motion Planning?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Motion Planning are: Anduril (60), Amazon (33), NVIDIA (10), Skydio (8), Wayve (6).
Is demand for Motion Planning growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 75 new AI postings mentioned Motion Planning. Demand is rising — up 122% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Motion Planning used?
Roles requiring Motion Planning are concentrated in: agents (63%), application (24%), post-training (4%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Motion Planning?
Job postings that mention Motion Planning most often also require: Robotics, Machine Learning, C++, Python, Software Engineering.

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